Every day Monica Power supplies her picks for cool events happening in Western New York; you can also find her at her Facebook page.

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Spring Craft & Vendor Fair at North Tonawanda City Schools High School Alumni Center. 10am – $2

Spring Clean Up at Buffalo Central Terminal with Central Terminal Neighborhood Association. 10am – 1pm

Gardens and Rainbows for Allentown. Flower planting event along Allen Street between Main and Wadsworth, and on Elmwood from North St. to Virginia, as well as 34 above-ground stone planters along Allen St. 10am – 2pm

Seedling Sale at Massachusetts Avenue Project. Thousands of vegetable, flower and herb seedlings for your gardens. Market with local vendors, family-friendly activities, and educational resources. Music by Rob Montone Music & Jordan Rose Acoustic Duo. 10am – 2pm

Spring Into Crafts Vendor Event & Basket Raffle at Sikora Post 1322. 10am – 3pm

Street Tree Planting with Re-Tree WNY at Eugene V. Debs Hall. Bring a shovel, spade, and work gloves to help clean up the site and plant 9 more native trees along Memorial Drive. 11am – 1pm

Mother’s Day Market at Life is Succulent. 11am – 4pm

Cinco de Market Vendor Market at Riff City, day 1 of 2. 35+ vendors with an amazing variety of artisan crafts, sweet treats, pet apparel, unique homemade items, Buffalo apparel and more. 11am – 5pm

4K Laser Projector Debut Screenings at North Park Theatre. Showing “2001: A Space Odyssey” directed by Stanley Kubrick. Showing a variety of great films between May 3 – 8th for the grand debut of the new projector. 1130am – 130pm

UB Guitar Studio at Minuets & Mimosas: Chamber Music at Duende. 1 – 2pm

Explore Buffalo Speaker Series in the Ring of Knowledge at Buffalo & Erie County Public Library – Central Library. Educator Eleanor Ash speaking on The Burchfield Penney Art Center: The First Green Art Museum in New York State. 1 – 2pm

Flashback at Raintree Bar And Grill. 1 – 4pm

Frostfest 2025 at Evening Star Concert Hall. Music by Softspoken, Stand Abandoned, Divine Fallacy, INVERITY, When Legions Fall, Deepstate, Alterist, Tim The Truth, Damages – WNY, Lost Artifacts, and Pour La Nuit. 1 – 10pm – $20

Fret to Fret at Foleys. 2 – 5pm

Doug Morgano Combo with Sue Kincaid at Sportsmens Tavern. 3pm – $10

Mo Porter at GFY Bar & Grill. 3 – 6pm

Henry’s Summer Kitchenette at Flying Bison Brewing Company. 4 – 7pm

Tacos & Twang Country Jamboree at Coyote Cafe-Hamburg. Music by Noah Koningisor, The Zach Gerken Band, Nashville North, and Wasted Whiskey. Line dancing lessons with Shongum Cowboy. Doors at 430pm – $20

4K Laser Projector Debut Screenings at North Park Theatre. Showing “Vertigo” directed by Alfred Hitchcock. 450 – 7pm

Tom Burns and James Burns at Buffalo Irish Center. 6 – 9pm

Hipnosis at Fattey Beer Co Wurlitzer. Music at 6pm

An Evening of Opera with Buffalo State Music Department Voice Students at Louis P. Ciminelli Recital Hall. Doors at 7pm

Will Holton at The Chandelier Bar at Salvatore’s. 7pm

Dan Regan’s Ham n Eggs Americana Half Assed Bluegrass Extravaganza at Gene McCarthy’s/Old First Ward Brewing Co. 7pm

Porcelain Train at Lilly Belle Meads. 7 – 9pm

Greater Buffalo Youth Orchestra Spring Concert at Westminster Presbyterian Church. 7 – 930pm

Maui Jim 716 at O’Brien’s West End Inn. 7 – 10pm

100th Gig Celebration for Vinyl Cocktails at Transit Lanes Keglers. 7 – 10pm

Wind & Wire at Talty’s Tavern. 7 – 10pm

Closing Reception for “WONDER Collages & Animations by Emily Engel” at Allen Street Hardware Cafe. Reception 7 – 10pm. Music by Tyler Westcott Music & Friends at 10pm

An Evening with Aronld Dreyblatt at Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center. Performative lecture with an introduction by Chris Hill. Dreyblatt will present excerpts from media artworks from across his decades long career and speak about his artistic and compositional practice arising out of his studies in the 1970s at UB Media Study and the Music Dept. Screening of 3 short films and performance of his compositions Transmission (2021), Auditoria (2025) and Nodal Excitation (1979+). Event starts at 7pm

Stars of the 60’s at West Herr Riviera Theater featuring Charlie Thomas’ The Drifters, The Vogues, The Shades of Blue, and the original lead singer of the Crystals, LaLa Brooks. 730pm

Buffalo Silver Band: Images in Brass at Lippes Concert Hall. 730pm – $20

Buffalo Friends of Folk Music present Tannahill Weavers at Meeting House Events. 730pm

Ryan Shaw: Masters of R&B with Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra at Kleinhans Music Hall. 730pm

SLIM CHANCE and the Can’t Hardly Playboys at The Original Warehouse. 730 – 1030pm

Todd Mertens Musician at RationAles. 730 – 1030pm

Cami and The Fringe at Diamond Hawk Golf Course and Pub. 730 – 1030pm

Danae Hays in Asbury Hall at Babeville. 8pm

Cock Robin at Sportsmens Tavern. 8pm – $15

Taiste, Some Guys Name Trio, and Guillermo & Emilio at The Cave. 8pm – $15

The Buffalo Thrills at Prohibition 2020. 8pm

Joel Russlett and the Rogues at The Banshee Irish Pub. 8pm

“FLIPSIDE” at Papi Grande’s. 8pm

The Improv Revolution at The Screening Room Cinema & Arts Cafe. 8 – 10pm – $10

Robin and the Rubes at Riley Street Station. 8 – 11pm

Steelhorse at Marvin’s Bar and Grill. 8 – 11pm

PUNK 716 at Molly Maguires. 8 – 11pm

The Funkensteins at The Cove: Seafood & Banquets. 8 – 1130pm – $10

Jake’s Comedy Jukebox: Totally NOT a Dad-Rock Show at Revolver Records Inc. on Elmwood. 10 comics have picked songs as subject matter for their set. Afterwards they will perform said song backed by Tacoma Meltdown. Featuring comics Jesse Winterhalter, Jameel Key, Rick Matthews, Rachel Daze, Kyle Turner, Phil Machemear, Allie Brady, Greg Owens, Shawn Lutz, and Chris Plummer. Show at 8pm – $10

Hello Molly Band, Henry’s Summer Kitchen, Catspurr, and Amanda Bridges Music at THE TUDOR LOUNGE. Music at 8pm – $10

MYTHM, Mort, T1D, Rozay, Fruitbat, Deadlast, Miller, Pardon, Twist, Don Snow, Pvcket Change, and Bobo at Luna Lounge. Music at 8pm

Octave Cat at Buffalo Iron Works. Music at 8pm – $25

_thestrictlyhip – HIPstory at The Caz. Featuring one song from every album by The Tragically Hip. Music at 8pm

The Emo Night Tour 10 Year Anniversary Show at Town Ballroom. Music at 8pm

The Dr. M Jazz Combo presents “Jazzin’ Happy” at Pausa Art House. Music at 8pm

Red Button Dilemma, Uncanny Valley Buffalo, and Dead Orchids at The Lounge at Revolution Gallery. Music at 8pm – $10

SuperCharger at Attitudes Bar And Grill. 9pm

AppleJack Band at Kettles. 9pm

Tiny Music at The Ship Bar & Grill. 9pm

Slip Madigan and The Phamily Dawg at Nietzsche’s. Music at 9pm – $10

Holka Thurman Yates Street at Wagon Wheel. Jamie Holka, David Thurman, Paul Yates, and Shannon Street. 930pm

Comeback Show for Sunday Reign at Jack Rabbit. Music at 10pm – $5